Trust cannot be bought or commanded, inherited or enforced. To maintain it, leaders must continually earn it.

A whale is as unique as a cactus. But don't ask a whale to survive Death Valley. We all have special gifts. Where we use them and how determines whether we actually complete something.

In the end, it is important to remember that we cannot become what we need to be by remaining what we are.

The first responsibility of a leader is to define reality.

Leaders should be able to Stand Alone, Take the Heat, Bear the Pain, Tell the Truth, and Do What's Right

Trust grows when people see leaders translate their personal integrity into organizational fidelity. At the heart of fidelity lies truth-telling and promise-keeping.

The greatest thing is, at any moment, to be willing to give up who we are in order to become all that we can be.

We can teach ourselves to see things the way they ARE. Only with vision can we begin to see things the way they CAN BE.

The leader is the servant who removes the obstacles that prevent people from doing their jobs.

To be a leader means, especially, having the opportunity to make a meaningful difference in the lives of those who permit leaders to lead.

Jazz, like leadership, combines the unpredictability of the future with the gifts of individuals.

Fear could move mountains if fear only tried.

It's a hard life if you don't weaken.

My priest tells me i should not date a mormon but im just too in love with you that i'm willing to take risks

Your worst enemy Becomes your best friend, once he's underground.

I'm dating my celebrity crush!

If a man, sitting all alone, cannot dream strange things, and make them look like truth, he need never try to write romances.

Adam Berenson knows how to compose, organize an ensemble, do musical research, play solo and trio piano, write for musical journals, and enlist others to his cause. A very fine musician.

The wife of a self-admirer must expect a very cold and negligent husband.

I don't want to be an editor - I want to be really forward about that. I would be a horrible editor.

I don't usually experience that because there are few people who intimidate me, but Woody was one of them.